Employer: East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: East Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Trust - Burnley General Hospital
Town: Burnley
Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 10/03/2025 23:59
Consultant - Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
At East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 9,500 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work.
Job overview
We are looking for a dynamic, motivated colleague who is expected to be competent in oncological and reconstructive breast surgery. The successful candidate should be able to deal with complex problems and work collaboratively across various disciplines to deliver excellent care. New Consultant appointments will be provided with support and mentorship by a senior colleague as per the Trust’s mentorship programme.
Main duties of the job
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking to appoint a Consultant in Breast Oncoplasty.
The successful applicant will join the team of Breast surgeons and should have a broad training in breast oncoplasty with competency in elective surgery. Please note the job plan advertised is an example.
Any applicant should have entry on the GMC Specialist Register or be within six months of being placed on the Register.
Full registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) with license to practice is required.
* Entry on specialist register via:
o CCT (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview)
o CESR or European Community Rights
o FRCS or equivalent
Working for our organisation
The Trust has an established breast oncoplastic surgery service providing oncological and reconstructive surgery. This includes volume displacement techniques, partial flaps, myocutaneous flaps and implant reconstruction. We utilise magseed or wires for localisation, along with magtrace or isotope for sentinel node localisation. The service is based in Burnley and the vast majority of breast surgery is undertaken as a daycase. We have access to Blackburn Theatres and Critical care beds if needed for more complex or high-risk patients. We have a good relationship with neighbouring Preston, Manchester and Leeds Plastics Tertiary units. There is a fortnightly oncoplastic MDT with attendance by a Plastic surgeon colleague. Skills in breast oncoplastic surgery are essential, and the introduction of new procedures or procedures not currently available is encouraged.
The Breast department has a well-developed Family History and genomics service delivered by a CNS and PA. We have also established a community-based breast pain clinic utilising the East Midlands Pain Pathway, delivered by ACPs and PAs. We developed the Patient Led Follow Up Model for Breast Cancer.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
At all times, the appointee will abide by the following principles:
* Provide a patient-centred service, respecting the privacy, dignity and choice of individual patients.
* Deliver high-quality care with the help of the existing surgical team.
* Be a team player and flexible in your approach.
* Be involved in clinical, patient management problems and multi-disciplinary planning treatment.
* Have a prescribed number of theatre sessions to deliver during the financial year and an associated level of activity.
* Share in administrative duties allocated by mutual agreement within the Directorate.
* Ensure all dictation of clinical letters within 24 hours (mandatory).
* Observe and comply with clinical and non-clinical policies and procedures.
* Provide support to the complaints process.
* Be closely involved in clinical audit and other clinical governance issues.
* Support other members of the team in daily duties and promote a learning culture in the workplace.
Person specification
* Full GMC registration
* Entry on GMC specialist register via CCT (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview), CESR or European Community Rights
* MBChB
* Appropriate higher surgical qualifications (e.g. FRCS)
* Postgraduate thesis/Higher Degree (e.g. MD/Ph.D)
Training
* Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT in relevant specialty
* Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a range of problems
* Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
* Fellowship in Breast Oncoplasty
Management Experience
* Good communication skills with patients, relatives, GPs, colleagues, nursing staff and management.
* Ability to organise and manage outpatient and operative priorities
* Ability to contribute to multi-disciplinary team working, medical directorate and working parties
* Previous experience of a management or leadership role.
* Ability to advise on efficiency and smooth running of specialist service and contribute to service development
Research
* Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
* Experience of recruiting to clinical trials
* Ability to supervise postgraduate research
* Previous experience of Clinical Trials
* Publications in peer-reviewed journals
* Presentations at international, national and regional level
Audit
* Evidence of morbidity/mortality audit, unit and specialty audit, understanding of risk assessment
* Experience of leadership or management in audit or quality improvement
Teaching
* Ability to teach clinical skills and lecture on specialty
* Experience in teaching and supervision of resident doctors and undergraduate students
* Operative teaching to resident doctors and colleagues
* Management/involvement in local or regional teaching programmes
* GMC accredited clinical and educational supervisor status
Personal/Disposition
* Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team
* Ability to collaboratively formulate and work to a job plan
* Insight into personal strengths and weaknesses
* Amenable, honest and reliable
* Caring and responsible attitude to colleagues and patients
* Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies
* Ability to work under pressure
* Commitment to Continuing Professional Development
* Aligned to NHS and Trust values
* Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national levels
Dear Potential Applicant,
It is important you are made aware of the following regarding your application to East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust:
* Please note that the salary advertised is for full-time hours. If this post is less than 37.5 hours per week, the salary will be pro-rata.
* This vacancy may close before the closing date if the recruiting manager deems sufficient applications have been received. Therefore, it is advised to complete your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
* Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.
* Shortlisting is completed anonymously with candidates being assessed against the essential criteria for the post. Therefore only applicants who can clearly demonstrate how they meet our person specification criteria in their application will be shortlisted.
Disclosure and Barring Scheme (DBS)
If the role you are applying for is identified as either controlled or regulated activity as defined in the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act (2006), any offer of employment is provisional upon a satisfactory DBS check being obtained.
The healthcare sector is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
In line with other NHS organisations in the North West Region, the Trust is now passing the charge for undertaking a DBS check on to candidates in the event they are successfully appointed into the post for which they have applied.
The cost of an Enhanced Disclosure will be £55.38 and for a Standard Disclosure will be £27.38. This cost is not applicable for a Volunteer post.
The Trust is an equal opportunities employer, committed to improving the working lives of our staff and operates a 'Zero Tolerance' policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment.
We aim to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve and welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, gender, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, disability or social background.
We especially welcome applications from members of our black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, as we have identified that ELHT has an under-representation of BAME employees. Appointments will be made on merit.
Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be interviewed if you indicate you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme.
If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.
Name: Mr L Vitone
Job title: Clinical Director for General Surgery & Breast
Email address: louis.vitone@elht.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 01254 734142
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